Today:
Welcome to this week's instalment of /r/AskHistorians' Sunday Digest (formerly the Day of Reflection). Nobody can read all the questions and answers that are posted here, so in this thread we invite you to share anything you'd like to highlight from the last week - an interesting discussion, an informative answer, an insightful question that was overlooked, or anything else.
/u/quantumcognition deserves recognition for their fascinating answer on the legal status of thralls in Norse society.
/u/XenophontheAthenian on Alexander the Great sleeping with a copy of the Iliad, learning about νάρθηξ and Athenian and Roman bookselling and copying was really interesting, so thanks!
/u/sunagainstgold on sufism, and comparing Sufi lodges and communities to Christian monasteries
Weekly Rundown:
/u/yodatsracist on "What is the oldest known religion?"
/u/the_howling_cow on "Was the M3 Lee tank a total failure? What was the reasoning behind its strange design? Why not something more practical?"
/u/kieslowskifan answered "Russian Classical Music in the Soviet Union" and also answered "Did Hitler plan to 'Germanize' Scandinavians and the Dutch in the Greater Germanic Reich?"